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2001 New York Liberty season
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The 2001 WNBA season was the fifth season for the New York Liberty. The team attempted to reach the WNBA Finals, but they failed in the conference finals, losing in three games to the Charlotte Sting.
Transactions
WNBA draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 57 | Taru Tuukkanen | Xavier | |
| 4 | 60 | Tara Mitchem | Southwest Missouri State |
Transactions
| Date | Transaction |
|---|---|
| April 17, 2001 | Traded a [2001](2001-wnba-draft) 2nd Round Pick and a 2001 3rd Round Pick to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Andrea Nagy and a 2001 4th Round Pick |
| April 20, 2001 | Drafted Taru Tuukkanen and Tara Mitchem in the [2001 WNBA draft](2001-wnba-draft) |
| April 30, 2001 | Signed Hadjana Radunović and Stacey Ford |
| May 3, 2001 | Signed Katie Cronin |
| May 7, 2001 | Waived Shea Mahoney and Taru Tuukkanen |
| May 10, 2001 | Waived Jessica Bibby |
| May 14, 2001 | Waived Desiree Francis and Olga Firsova |
| May 16, 2001 | Waived Tara Mitchem |
| May 25, 2001 | Waived Katie Cronin |
| May 26, 2001 | Waived Marina Ferragut |
| June 5, 2001 | Traded a [2002](2002-wnba-draft) 2nd Round Pick to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Camille Cooper |
| Waived Stacey Ford | |
| July 9, 2001 | Signed Mactabene Amachree |
Roster
Schedule
Regular season
|- | 1 | May 31 | @ Miami | L 59–68 | Vickie Johnson (20) | Sue Wicks (9) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | American Airlines Arena
| 0–1 |
|---|
| 2 |
| June 2 |
| Indiana |
| W 75–58 |
| Tari Phillips (21) |
| Tari Phillips (12) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (6) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 1–1 |
| - |
| 3 |
| June 4 |
| Sacramento |
| L 63–80 |
| Tari Phillips (19) |
| Tari Phillips (7) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (5) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 1–2 |
| - |
| 4 |
| June 7 |
| @ Cleveland |
| L 49–67 |
| Tari Phillips (16) |
| Tari Phillips (8) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (8) |
| Gund Arena |
| 1–3 |
| - |
| 5 |
| June 10 |
| @ Washington |
| W 81–80 |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (16) |
| Tari Phillips (13) |
| Crystal Robinson (5) |
| MCI Center |
| 2–3 |
| - |
| 6 |
| June 12 |
| Charlotte |
| W 79–70 |
| Tari Phillips (27) |
| Tari Phillips (5) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (7) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 3–3 |
| - |
| 7 |
| June 16 |
| Washington |
| W 86–63 |
| Crystal Robinson (16) |
| Tari Phillips (10) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (7) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 4–3 |
| - |
| 8 |
| June 17 |
| @ Miami |
| W 55–48 |
| Crystal Robinson (13) |
| Tari Phillips (12) |
| Nagy |
| Robinson |
| Weatherspoon (2) |
| American Airlines Arena |
| 5–3 |
| - |
| 9 |
| June 19 |
| @ Sacramento |
| W 55–51 |
| Tamika Whitmore (23) |
| Vickie Johnson (11) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (5) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 6–3 |
| - |
| 10 |
| June 21 |
| @ Phoenix |
| W 95–70 |
| Tari Phillips (23) |
| Lobo |
| Phillips |
| Robinson (5) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (9) |
| America West Arena |
| 7–3 |
| - |
| 11 |
| June 24 |
| Los Angeles |
| W 82–69 |
| Becky Hammon (21) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (7) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (8) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 8–3 |
| - |
| 12 |
| June 25 |
| @ Orlando |
| L 54–67 |
| Vickie Johnson (23) |
| Phillips |
| Wicks (6) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (6) |
| TD Waterhouse Centre |
| 8–4 |
| - |
| 13 |
| June 30 |
| Orlando |
| W 72–60 |
| Tari Phillips (16) |
| Tari Phillips (13) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (9) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 9–4 |
| - |
| 14 |
| July 2 |
| Detroit |
| W 66–60 |
| Tari Phillips (16) |
| Johnson |
| Phillips (9) |
| Johnson |
| Weatherspoon (3) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 10–4 |
| - |
| 15 |
| July 3 |
| @ Charlotte |
| L 61–66 |
| Vickie Johnson (16) |
| Tari Phillips (12) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (5) |
| Charlotte Coliseum |
| 10–5 |
| - |
| 16 |
| July 6 |
| @ Minnesota |
| W 70–57 |
| Tari Phillips (20) |
| Tari Phillips (6) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (7) |
| Target Center |
| 11–5 |
| - |
| 17 |
| July 8 |
| @ Indiana |
| W 58–56 |
| Tari Phillips (24) |
| Tari Phillips (13) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (9) |
| Conseco Fieldhouse |
| 12–5 |
| - |
| 18 |
| July 9 |
| Indiana |
| W 72–65 |
| Tari Phillips (20) |
| Tari Phillips (14) |
| Hammon |
| Weatherspoon (6) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 13–5 |
| - |
| 19 |
| July 11 |
| Seattle |
| W 67–53 |
| Becky Hammon (16) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (10) |
| Hammon |
| Johnson |
| Weatherspoon (4) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 14–5 |
| - |
| 20 |
| July 13 |
| Minnesota |
| W 67–64 |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (14) |
| Phillips |
| Weatherspoon (5) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (6) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 15–5 |
| - |
| 21 |
| July 18 |
| @ Detroit |
| W 80–67 |
| Tari Phillips (20) |
| Tari Phillips (7) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (7) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 16–5 |
| - |
| 22 |
| July 19 |
| @ Cleveland |
| L 60–65 |
| Crystal Robinson (16) |
| Sue Wicks (9) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (7) |
| Gund Arena |
| 16–6 |
| - |
| 23 |
| July 22 |
| Miami |
| L 52–68 |
| Crystal Robinson (15) |
| Weatherspoon |
| Whitmore (5) |
| Vickie Johnson (6) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 16–7 |
| - |
| 24 |
| July 24 |
| @ Portland |
| L 68–86 |
| Phillips |
| Robinson (18) |
| Tari Phillips (14) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (5) |
| Rose Garden |
| 16–8 |
| - |
| 25 |
| July 26 |
| @ Utah |
| L 63–71 |
| Vickie Johnson (19) |
| Vickie Johnson (7) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (8) |
| Delta Center |
| 16–9 |
| - |
| 26 |
| July 28 |
| @ Houston |
| W 64–61 |
| Crystal Robinson (15) |
| Sue Wicks (8) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (7) |
| Compaq Center |
| 17–9 |
| - |
| 27 |
| August 1 |
| Detroit |
| W 66–63 |
| Johnson |
| Phillips (17) |
| Tari Phillips (10) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (10) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 18–9 |
| - |
| 28 |
| August 4 |
| Cleveland |
| L 43–58 |
| Tari Phillips (14) |
| Phillips |
| Whitmore (6) |
| Robinson |
| Weatherspoon (4) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 18–10 |
| - |
| 29 |
| August 8 |
| Utah |
| W 82–63 |
| Vickie Johnson (18) |
| Phillips |
| Whitmore (7) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (9) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 19–10 |
| - |
| 30 |
| August 10 |
| Orlando |
| W 77–67 |
| Vickie Johnson (17) |
| Tari Phillips (10) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (7) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 20–10 |
| - |
| 31 |
| August 11 |
| @ Charlotte |
| L 60–80 |
| Tari Phillips (15) |
| Tari Phillips (6) |
| Johnson |
| Robinson |
| Weatherspoon (4) |
| Charlotte Coliseum |
| 20–11 |
| - |
| 32 |
| August 14 |
| Washington |
| W 71–56 |
| Crystal Robinson (15) |
| Tari Phillips (7) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (8) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 21–11 |
Playoffs
|- | 1 | August 17 | @ Miami | W 62–46 | Vickie Johnson (18) | Tari Phillips (13) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | American Airlines Arena
| 1–0 |
|---|
| 2 |
| August 19 |
| Miami |
| L 50–53 |
| Crystal Robinson (13) |
| Tari Phillips (15) |
| Vickie Johnson (5) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 1–1 |
| - |
| 3 |
| August 21 |
| Miami |
| W 72–61 |
| Vickie Johnson (22) |
| Vickie Johnson (7) |
| Vickie Johnson (6) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 2–1 |
| - |
| 1 |
| August 24 |
| @ Charlotte |
| W 61–57 |
| Tari Phillips (14) |
| Tari Phillips (6) |
| Vickie Johnson (7) |
| Charlotte Coliseum |
| 1–0 |
| - |
| 2 |
| August 26 |
| Charlotte |
| L 53–62 |
| Vickie Johnson (16) |
| Tari Phillips (7) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (6) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 1–1 |
| - |
| 3 |
| August 27 |
| Charlotte |
| L 44–48 |
| Vickie Johnson (13) |
| Crystal Robinson (6) |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (4) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 1–2 |
Season standings
Statistics
Regular season
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tari Phillips | 32 | 32 | 32.8 | .507 | .000 | .584 | 8.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 15.3 |
| Crystal Robinson | 32 | 32 | 30.6 | .461 | .417 | .897 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 10.7 |
| Teresa Weatherspoon | 32 | 32 | 30.4 | .431 | .385 | .671 | 3.7 | 6.3 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 6.5 |
| Vickie Johnson | 32 | 32 | 29.3 | .414 | .366 | .757 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 11.0 |
| Tamika Whitmore | 32 | 29 | 23.5 | .432 | .500 | .569 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 7.1 |
| Sue Wicks | 30 | 3 | 20.1 | .469 | .000 | .673 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 5.2 |
| Becky Hammon | 32 | 0 | 19.3 | .457 | .378 | .784 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 8.2 |
| Camille Cooper | 4 | 0 | 12.8 | .667 | N/A | .769 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 6.5 |
| Andrea Nagy | 23 | 0 | 9.3 | .419 | .500 | .500 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| Katarina Lazić | 8 | 0 | 6.9 | .400 | .000 | .500 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2.1 |
| Rebecca Lobo | 16 | 0 | 5.3 | .318 | .500 | .500 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| Grace Daley | 15 | 0 | 4.4 | .476 | .000 | .556 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| Stacey Ford | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 1.000 | N/A | N/A | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Hajdana Radunović | 4 | 0 | 2.3 | .500 | N/A | 1.000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| Mactabene Amachree | 2 | 0 | 1.5 | N/A | N/A | .500 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season
References
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